Former Newcastle defender John Anderson believes Alexander Isak will remain at the club next season because nobody can afford to buy him.
Anderson, who now summarises for BBC Radio Newcastle, said: “Once you’ve got good players and you’ve got very, very good players, they’re always going to be linked with other teams. That’s always been the nature of the game and that’s never, ever going to go away.
“I just don’t think anybody at this moment in time can afford Isak and that’s the truth of it.
“There’s a lot of speculation about whether he’s going to sign a new contract and have the club offered him a new contract – I don’t think the boy is in any hurry to sign a new contract because he’s got three years left on his present deal. Why would he be?
“It’s OK getting whatever you get for him. But how do you replace a player like that? That’s the bottom line.
“You’ve got all the money in the world, yes, but can you get a player in who can do what he does?”
